fs: add ksys_unlink() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unlink()

Using this wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_unlink() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
s a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same
calling convention as sys_unlink().

In the near future, all callers of ksys_unlink() should be converted to
call do_unlinkat() directly or, at least, to operate on regular kernel
pointers.

This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-11 11:34:47 +01:00
parent 447016e968
commit 0f32ab8cfa
5 changed files with 17 additions and 6 deletions

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@@ -954,4 +954,15 @@ int ksys_chroot(const char __user *filename);
ssize_t ksys_write(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf, size_t count);
int ksys_chdir(const char __user *filename);
/*
* The following kernel syscall equivalents are just wrappers to fs-internal
* functions. Therefore, provide stubs to be inlined at the callsites.
*/
extern long do_unlinkat(int dfd, struct filename *name);
static inline long ksys_unlink(const char __user *pathname)
{
return do_unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, getname(pathname));
}
#endif